10 November 2021 | Members, Olympic Games, UIPM
The International Modern Pentathlon Union’s (UIPM’s) announcement last Friday that Riding would be replaced by a new fifth discipline, after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has understandably caused shock and strong reactions in Australia and around the world. Modern...
8 August 2021 | High Performance, Olympic Games
Ed Fernon didn’t have anything to prove and he knew the sacrifices involved, but he wanted to challenge himself against the world’s best pentathletes at the Olympic Games again. As a 24-year-old he was 27th at the London Olympic Games after only a few...
7 August 2021 | Olympic Games, UIPM
Marina Carrier has produced a gutsy performance on Olympic debut to place 27th at the Tokyo Games. After the fencing, swimming and riding she was in 10th place of the 36 athletes, and within 40 seconds of the leaders going into the Laser...
6 August 2021 | Olympic Games
MODERN PENTATHLON: Today is Marina Carrier’s day to shine and enjoy being a Modern Pentathlon Olympian. The 24-year-old has dreamt of this day, and worked so hard, for years and years. Carrier got her competition off to a strong start yesterday in the Fencing Ranking...
5 August 2021 | Olympic Games
After 21 months of no international competition, modern pentathletes Marina Carrier and Ed Fernon were back representing Australia on Thursday at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. For Carrier the enormity was even greater as she made her Olympic debut. But the 24-year-old...
3 August 2021 | High Performance, Olympic Games
Australia’s Olympic pentathlon representatives Ed Fernon and Marina Carrier arrived in the Tokyo Olympic Village on Saturday night, and have got straight into their training, final preparations, and venue familiarisation. Before leaving Australia, Marina was training...
26 July 2021 | High Performance, Olympic Games
Chloe Esposito’s historic gold medal in modern pentathlon at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was undoubtably one of the most memorable Australian moments of the Games. Starting the final discipline in seventh place, and 45 seconds...
22 July 2021 | High Performance, Olympic Games
Ed Fernon has achieved great success through hard work and determination. He will be competing at the Tokyo Olympics Games in the Modern Pentathlon, after making his Olympic debut at the London Olympics. Ed has also won the world’s longest and hardest horse race – the...
21 July 2021 | Olympic Games
After years of planning the Brisbane, Queensland and Australia bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games was comprehensivel approved by the International Olympic Committee in Tokyo. Just as Melbourne and Sydney benefited greatly by hosting the Games, Brisbane and...
21 July 2021 | Olympic Games
Ahead of competition, here is everything you need to know about Modern Pentathlon! Originally founded by Pierre De Coubertin in 1912, Modern Pentathlon is a sport designed for the perfect all-around with five sports, fencing, equestrian, swimming, running and...
21 July 2021 | Olympic Games
Ed Fernon was retired from the sport for four years before deciding to make a comeback around the middle of 2019 in the quest to qualify for his second Australian Olympic Team, after representing at the London 2012 Olympic Games. He was officially selected to the 2020...
21 July 2021 | Marina Carrier, Olympic Games
Marina Carrier first represented Australia in Modern Pentathlon at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China (aged 17). One year later she was the second Oceania athlete behind Chloe Espoito, who went on to create history and win Olympic gold at Rio 2016. Marina...
12 June 2021 | International, Olympic Games, UIPM
via UIPM Decision confirms adoption of elimination format with 90-minute showcaseIOC praises ‘compact and sustainable’ solution with ‘short and dynamic competition flowUIPM President: ‘This is a proud day for our entire global Modern Pentathlon movement’ MONACO: June...
26 January 2021 | Olympic Games
Via UIPM Athletes deal with uncertainty in different ways. Marina Carrier hit the ocean. Negotiating the waves of the Tasman Sea was a calming distraction for the pentathlete during the enforced lockdown of 2020, not least because she was recovering from a stress...
8 December 2020 | Olympic Games, UIPM
via UIPM MONACO: December 7, 2020 Olympic Games audiences can expect to see all five disciplines in 90 minutesPresident Schormann thanks IOC for ‘recognising UIPM’s commitment to innovation’UIPM acknowledges reasons for Mixed Relay exclusion along with additional...
27 November 2020 | Olympic Games, UIPM
UIPM Official Communication via UIPM Video conference for National Federations follows sessions with athletes and coachesPresident Schormann stresses importance of unity ahead of IOC decision1st Vice-President Samaranch praises ‘pioneering, innovative’ approach...
1 October 2020 | Olympic Games
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Sydney Games, Olympian and Modern Pentathlete Kitty Chiller AM looks back on the games with pride as the event marked the first-time women were invited to take part in Modern Pentathlon. Originally added to the...
11 February 2020 | Olympic Games
Marina Carrier will make her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 after being selected to the Australian Olympic Team. The 23-year-old from Sydney, who balances training for five disciplines with studying Medical Science at Sydney University, first represented Australia...
30 January 2020 | Olympic Games
Olympic Champion Chloe Esposito has announced she is pregnant via social media, ruling her out of attempting to defend her title at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The 28-year-old who won Australia’s first medal in the sport at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games, following her...
23 January 2020 | Olympic Games
Modern Pentathlete Edward Fernon has been selected to the Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic Team, the sixth athlete named to the Team by the Australian Olympic Committee. The 31-year-old father of two will make his return to the Olympic arena after debuting at London...
